1331-1333 Church St, San Francisco, CA 94114

Located in San Francisco's Noe Valley neighborhood, 1331-1333 Church Street is a two-unit, 2-story multi-family residential building constructed in 1925, currently owned by the Chin-shih Family Trust. The property has undergone several significant modifications and faced multiple compliance issues in recent years.

Most notably, in 2023-2024, there were major concerns regarding fire escape safety, with multiple permits issued and then revoked related to fire escape stair repairs, culminating in October 2024 with complaints about unpermitted construction work in the lightwell area despite prior board appeals and permit revocations. The building previously underwent substantial renovations in 2015, including comprehensive bathroom and kitchen remodeling in both units, along with necessary repairs to rear wood stairs due to dry rot in 2014. Recent compliance issues center around an illegal unit merger that the Planning Department has mandated to be reversed, reinstating the building's original two-unit configuration.

This was addressed in 2024 with construction to close a previously open door opening between the units. The building's maintenance history shows attention to both safety (fire escape repairs) and habitability (bathroom and kitchen updates), though the recent patterns of unpermitted work and the subsequent complaints raise concerns about consistent adherence to building codes. The property's maintenance record includes various infrastructure issues, with plumbing (sewer) problems documented in 2015 and several street cleaning or signage matters recorded through 2022-2023, though these are less directly related to the building's internal condition.